Whether grown in the garden, cooked, knitted or sewn this space will document the stuff we make. David-a photographer, baker and sometimes woodworker, Grace-a clothing designer, artist and gardener and Tina dabbler of all master of none. We will keep track of our projects and endeavors here.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Knitters Abbreviations

I didn't even get past the first row and had difficulty reading the pattern. Until now I have only made patterns from Knitting Pure and Simple. One thing I love about the Knitting Pure and Simple Patterns is that all of the abbreviations are explained on the pattern itself.

On the new Knitbot pattern I had to stop after the first row and come home to look up what m meant---mark...sheesh how is a poor new knitter to know that? and M1 means make one. Here is the glossary of terms. The cool part is on some of them there is even a linked video. After looking up those two simple code words I am off again and can knit during the weekly horseback riding lessons this afternoon.

Hi Tina! This pattern looks great, but alas, knitting anything of this quality is beyond me! Sorry I wasn't able to reply to your question on my blog as you don't have an email account visible on your profile, and I wasn't sure you'd subscribed to the comments. But this is where I get my labels if you're wondering:

There are a lot of terms around and often UK and US terms differ slightly, I have to write it all down at the start of each new pattern just so I can quickly remind myself, sometimes my mind goes quite blank from one day to the next!

Thank you for the comment on my blog, it is lovely to hear from someone working on the same pattern, it certainly does require patience but I now that I am past the armholes I feel I am really making progress. I know I will hate working the collar.